MTV Denies it Named Newdow ‘Atheist of Millenium’
(2002-08-30) — A second episode of confusion rocked the MTV Music Awards when Michael Newdow mistakenly accepted the “Atheist of the Millennium Award.” Earlier Michael Jackson thought that Britney Spears had presented him with the “Artist of the Millennium Award.”
“I can’t believe it,” Newdow exclaimed, clapping his hand to his chest as his eyes welled with tears.”This one’s for you Madalyn Murray O’Hair.”
The confusing incident apparently happened in the men’s restroom after the MTV ceremony when Newdow thought he heard Ozzy Osbourne in the next stall calling him “the bleepin’ atheist of the millennium”. A spokesman for Mr. Osbourne said, “I can’t confirm that. Nobody’s ever really sure what Ozzy is saying. But he was probably talking to himself.”
Michael A. Newdow, lawyer and emergency room doctor, filed suit this week to get rid of the Congressional chaplain. He previously won a case in California, protecting his Christian daughter from having to say “under God” during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
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